The Elizabeth and Richard Wilson Charitable Fund

Analysis

The Elizabeth and Richard Wilson Charitable Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancaster. It was registered in May 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending May 2026, The Elizabeth and Richard Wilson Charitable Fund reported income of £33k and spending of £56k, spending 169% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2022 to May 2026, income grew from £9,010 to £33k (+268%), an average of +38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2024, when income rose by 253%. Over the whole period it spent 167% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Elizabeth and Richard Wilson Charitable Fund sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Antony Dale Trust (£33k), The Great Eastern Railway Society (£33k) and The Fovant Badges Society (£33k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.